SCOTLAND.
A great Free-trade meeting at Glasgow, called by the Lord Provost on requisition, was held in the Trades Hall at the end of last week. Mr. Walter Buchanan, Mr. S. Higginbotham, Mr. A. Graham, Bailie Gourley, Mr. James Scott, and Councillor Moir, were the speakers : the resolu- tions were strong, and were passed unanimously. The Scotsman states that Sir James Matheson has offered the island of Rona "as a gift to the Government for a now [home] penal settlement." The island lies off Cape Wrath, about forty miles North-east of Lewis. It is about 270 acres in extent, and mostly of fertile amble soil. The latest accounts of the health of Lord Panmure report that it had undergone no change for some days, but was such as to leave no hope of his recovery. On Sabbath last prayers were offered up in his Lordship's behalf, at the request of his son, Colonel Maule, in all the churches of Brecbin. His medical attendant, Dr. Guthrie, is unremittingin his at- tendance at the Castle.—Edinburgh /Fitness. The Edinburgh Town-Council claimed. 30,0001. from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway for the ground taken for the railway from the Prince's Street Gardens : after.a long reference, they have been awarded 33707.
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